large video file transfer
by nick
on
Feb 2, 2004 at 9:32:56 pm
hi;
i need to transfer a large dv .avi file (about 1.7 Gb) to another computer. i have a cd burner, but no dvd burner. also, the destination computer does not have a video capture card/software so re-capturing is not an option.
i tried to create a multi-volume archive with WinAce but it didn't work.
any suggestions would be most appreciated
thanks,
nick
Re: large video file transfer by Jake on Feb 3, 2004 at 2:38:51 am
Hell o,
I have been here before. The easiest way to do this is to pull the drive and set it up as a slave on the other computer. Seems kind of drastic but as long as the other computer is set to boot from the master it works slick as snot on a cold Idaho day.
Take your file and paste it and turn of the machine and put it back.
Caviat: You have to change the jumpers for master and slace settings this is easy and here is a link, don't waste your time triing to cut and paste your project...
Recommended Setup Parameters
Jumper Setting Information Ten Pin Drive
Re: large video file transfer by Perry Cheng on Feb 3, 2004 at 5:00:40 pm
I am not so sure,,, the time to transfer the 1.7G file and to set the network up in the first place, may take too long for a non-IT person, like me.
Doing the HD swap is really the easiest, provided the file systems are compatible. i.e. lower or same file system to a higher or same file system. (FAT/FAT32 >> NTFS and not the other way around, cause you won't be able to see the drive)
Re: large video file transfer by Jake on Feb 3, 2004 at 9:24:30 pm
Well,
The hard rive is the way I would go, but the NIC network file transefer is really something we should all get used to doing and it is the correct way to go. Pulling a harddrive is some what risky. There should be a whole post index for networking for Video, I think I will mention it to the powers that be. The networking implications for video are far reaching, and include:
Networked Media servers
Networking to clients
VPN to other systems for file tranfer
Networked rendering which I think is the coolest thing since sliced bread, and very much want to learn/build a mini farm.
And most of all nework web site FTP so we can all load our videos to our web sites right!!!
The problem is that neworking for video has increased implications the larger the file tranfer and Mbps is required by the recieving system.
Re: large video file transfer by Bob Kiger on Feb 4, 2004 at 1:01:57 am
As you can see, there are many ways to get past the immediate problem. The bigger picture, if your going to do much editing, is to have a reliable way to move your projects around.
That means to move 60-100 GB around. There are lots of hard drive solutions that are plug and play using USB. Suggest that you pick up one of these to back up your projects and to move them from machine to machine.
Best of luck.
Bob Kiger
author, "Videography, What Does It All Mean?" OCT 1972, "American Cinematographer Magazine"
Re: large video file transfer by Blast1 on Feb 4, 2004 at 8:48:51 am
Actually if just using a couple of computers, buying mobile racks is the easiest and fastest way of doing it, also having a mobile rack in a USB/FW enclosure helps to bring a laptop into the equation, When I get done I export to the drive in the mobile rack, hot swap it into another computer for rendering with procoder and burning, fastest way to transfer 2hrs of video.
